On Wednesday, elite police and IDF forces arrested Popular Resistance Committees operative Osam Abu Rajil, who was suspected to have been involved in the kidnapping. Abu Rajil led the forces to a mountainside north of Ramallah, where Asheri's body was found buried, Army Radio reported.

Update:Reuters reports that the al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade claims to have fired a chemical warhead at the Israelis, though the IDF has denied knowledge of any such attack.